[Elecraft] [K3] Sudden failure of line-in?

[Joe Planisky]

Hi Michael,

Thanks for the reply.  I should have posted a follow-up as I've solved the problem. (Actually, Greg AB7R solved it for me.  Thanks again, Greg!)

The problem was that the signal level coming out of my sound card was simply too low.  How did I miss such an obvious issue?  Two factors conspired to trip me up:

1.) I recently changed computers.  The old computer was dedicated to ham radio usage and I never changed the audio configuration on it.  It didn't even have speakers.  I never changed the computer's mixer settings so the audio level was always the same.  My new computer is more of a multi-purpose unit (with speakers), so I *do* change the audio level depending on what I'm doing at the moment. 

2.) The sound coming out of the K3 speakers while transmitting (i.e. the monitor signal) sounded roughly the same as it always had in the past, so I assumed that meant the audio signal level coming in was the same as it always had been.  It turns out that with my particular setup, the difference in how loud the monitor signal sounds between too little drive and just enough drive isn't as great as I would have expected.  Lesson learned.

73
--
Joe KB8AP




On Dec 21, 2010, at 9:18 AM, DL5OCD wrote:

> 
> Did you check the Mic-gain ? It is stored for each input separately...
> 
> 73
> Michael
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